Day 5: An elaboration on Day 4.

So a few things have already gone awry with my series of posts (like this is
supposed to be day six, and this post isn't even a list of 20 things) but I'll
make up for it soon. This past weekend was, to put it lightly, awful, so time
was scarce.

Anyways, it seemed like a few people were curious about some of the things
I've done so let me explain them.

#11 - Swam across the Puget Sound. In my local area, there is a well known
family in which all of their children were swimmers at my high school (before I
attended.) Well, one of the sons died in a car crash so one of his friends set
up a memorial foundation in which every summer he would organize a 2.3 mile
swim across part of the Puget Sound. All of the funds raised go towards swim
lesson programs in our community. Not only was it my only open water swimming
experience and I was freaking out the entire time, but I somehow managed to be
one of the all-time fastest finishers.

#16 - Basic cooking skills. By this I am not implying that all I can do is
boil water and toast bread. I mean that I most technical skills needed for
cooking almost whatever I want. I really enjoy trying new recipes, and
following someone else’s instruction is sometimes easier than just guessing.
Although experiments occasionally lead to delicious things...

#17 - Designed and produced clothes for my high school swim team. My senior
year of high school I was a captain for our swim team. Overall I extremely
disliked it because the coach was passive aggressive, condescending, and doesn't
even know how to swim, while none of the other captains did anything (they
literally did nothing.) BUT one of the duties I took on was team gear. So I had
the freedom to design the sweatshirts, sweatpants, tee shirts, etc. that the
entire team was to order. I learned how to correspond with a manufacturer and
eventually my graphic designs were being worn by the entire team. It was pretty
cool.

#19 - Getting my eyebrow pierced. It was one of those arbitrary spur-of-the-moment
things. One of my close friends had mentioned that I could probably pull off an
eyebrow piercing. So in a state of spontaneity, (it was April 1st mind you) I
asked my parents if I could go get my eyebrow pierced. They thought I was
joking and agreed to it. So i drove off to the mall and met my friend there,
and I got my eyebrow pierced. I only had it in for about a month and a half,
because I took it out for prom and it sealed over when I tried to put it back
in. It was cool while it lasted, but it also made my eye twitch a lot because I
could see it out of the corner of my eye and my body assumed there was
something in it. Since then I have thought about other piercings, but I don't
think my face is one for putting holes into. I've been thinking about small
gages (like really small) but all of my East coast friends said that they'd
disown me.

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This is the only picture where you can actually tell there is actually a piercing, so
just accept what it is.